Healthcare Directives & POA
Powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and living wills — including bedside and care-facility signings, with patience and discretion.
For families, patients, caregivers & estate planners.
What’s involved
- Travel to home, hospital, hospice, or care facility
- Confirm the signer is aware & acting willingly
- Verify identity (or credible witnesses if needed)
- Notarize the directive / POA
- Coordinate required witnesses on request
Have this ready
- Valid photo ID (or two credible witnesses if none)
- The completed-but-unsigned document
- Any witnesses your document requires
Common questions
A valid, unexpired government-issued photo ID (driver’s license, state ID, passport, or military ID) for every person signing, and the document itself — completed but NOT yet signed, since a notary witnesses the signature. Make sure the name on your ID matches the name on the document. If your document requires witnesses, have them present, or ask us in advance and we can help arrange them.
Whether your document needs witnesses depends on the document and on Idaho law — many do not, but some (like certain estate documents) require one or two impartial adult witnesses who are not named in the document. We can tell you what your document appears to require and, with notice, help arrange witnesses. Note that the notary generally cannot also serve as your witness.
No — and this is important. A notary public is not an attorney and cannot give legal advice, explain the legal effect of a document, draft documents, or tell you which form you need. Our role is to verify identity, confirm willingness, witness the signature, and apply the seal. For advice about the document itself, please consult a licensed attorney. Once you’re ready to sign, we’ll happily notarize.